QVPAGE & RHWNEAAOO08 UNCLAS////EYES OMLY//// RESPONSIBILITY TO CAUSE PREVENTIVE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN. TO THAT END HE PREPARED AND COORDINATED WITH THE AFORENAMED INDIVIDUALS A TELETYPE TO THE COMMANDING GENERAL, SANTEC, AT VANDENBURG AFB, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CG, SAMTEC, MAJ. GEN. LOW, INVOKE A QUARANTINE UNTIL APPROPRIATE CONTROLS COULD BE ESTABLISHED. AS SOON AS HE REACHED HONOLULU AND WAS ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER BY TELEPHONE, HE TELEPHONED THE ACTING MANAGER, NV TO INITIATE THE NECESSARY FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS. | | FIND ROGERS ACTIONS 1N THE RUNIT MATTER TO BE ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE AUTHORITY ANDO RESPONSIBILITY OF HIS OFFICE. 1 FIND NO BASIS FOR QUESTIONING HIS TECHNICAL JUDGMENT OR HIS APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM IN GIVINS PROMPT AND CLEAR ADVICE TO THAT OFFICIAL WHO HAD BOTH THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTION. THE SECOND ISSUE, 1 UNDERSTAND, IS DESCRIBED AS A MEETING BETWEEN ROGER RAY AND BRIG. GEN. BRICKEL, DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CAE). SOMETIME BEFORE THE SEPT. 7 INTERAGENCY MEETING, ROGER AND DR. WALT NERVIK OF LIVERMORE DISCUSSED THE MATTER OF LABORATORY ANALYTICAL WORKLOAD SUPPORTING THE ENIWETOK PROGRAM, RECOGNIZING THAT MOST OF THE AVAILABLE ee ee ees BT #0008 5001150 4